Exchanges profited from higher than usual trading volumes in the first quarter caused partly by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and rapidly rising interest rate expectations. Volumes have, however, now fallen across all asset classes to a more historically normalised level. The declining volumes are weighing on exchange stocks, and the three months to the end of June saw the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index down by 13.9%.
In a first quarter marked by financial market volatility, exacerbated by high inflation, rising interest rates and escalation of the Russian military conflict in Ukraine, the three months to the end of March saw the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index down by 2.3%. Brazil s B3 was the best performing exchange in the quarter, with Aquis Exchange the worst.
Global Exchange Groups advanced in December to conclude a year dominated by uncertainty, volatility and the impact of the second year of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Global Exchange Groups advanced in December to conclude a year dominated by uncertainty, volatility and the impact of the second year of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Exchanges navigated a volatile month with sharp declines in global equities, with only 8 of the constituents of the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index ending the month in positive territory, as inflationary pressures continued to mount.